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| - | [[Image:Stonewall Inn 1969.jpg|thumb|200px|alt=A black and white photograph of The Stonewall Inn, showing half of a sign that was placed in the window by the Mattachine Society several days following the riots|The [[Stonewall Inn]], taken September [[1969]]. The sign in the window reads: "We homosexuals plead with our people to please help maintain peaceful and quiet conduct on the streets of the Village—[[Mattachine]]".]] | + | [[Image:Olivetti Valentine.jpeg |thumb|right|200px|[[Olivetti Valentine]], designed by [[Ettore Sottsass]], first released on [[Valentine's Day]] [[1969]]]] |
| + | [[Image:Stonewall Inn 1969.jpg|thumb|200px|left|alt=A black and white photograph of The Stonewall Inn, showing half of a sign that was placed in the window by the Mattachine Society several days following the riots|The [[Stonewall Inn]], taken September [[1969]]. The sign in the window reads: "We homosexuals plead with our people to please help maintain peaceful and quiet conduct on the streets of the Village—[[Mattachine]]".]] | ||
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| + | "Hundreds of young men went on a [[rampage]] in [[Greenwich Village]], shortly after 3 A.M. yesterday after a force of [[plain-clothes]] men [[police raid|raid]]ed a bar that the police said was well known for its [[homo-sexual]] clientele. | ||
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| + | Thirteen persons were arrested and four policemen injured. The young men threw bricks, bottles, garbage, pennies and a parking meter at the policemen, who had a search warrant authorizing them in investigate reports that liquor was sold illegally at the bar, the [[Stonewall Inn]], 53 Christopher Street, just off Sheridan Square."--[[New York Times]], [[June 29]], [[1969]] | ||
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| + | "On [[July 1]], [[1969]] [[Denmark]] became the first country worldwide to [[legalize pornography]] for adults. This was called the "[[Danish experiment]]" for a while." --Sholem Stein | ||
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| + | "I did have a good time at ''[[Wild in the Streets]]'', which is more than I can say for ''[[Petulia]]'' or ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001]]'' or a lot of other highly praised pictures. ''Wild in the Streets'' is not a work of art, but then I don’t think ''Petulia'' or ''2001'' is either, though ''Petulia'' has that kaleidoscopic hip look and ''2001'' that new-techniques look which combined with “swinging” or “serious” ideas often pass for modern picture art."--"[[Trash, Art, and the Movies]]" (1969) by Pauline Kael | ||
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| - | '''1969''' is the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the [[1960s]] decade. The year is associated with [[Apollo 11|the first manned landing on the Moon]] and [[Stonewall riots]]. | + | |colspan="3" | |
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| + | '''1969''' is the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the [[1960s]] decade. The year is associated with [[Apollo 11|the first manned landing on the Moon]], ''[[Easy Rider]]'' and [[Stonewall riots]]. | ||
| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | *Founding of ''[[Suck, The First European Sex Paper|Suck]]'' | + | * [[October]] – Founding and first issue of ''[[Suck (publication)|Suck]]'' |
| - | *The [[space age]] | + | * [[August 8]] – [[Tate–LaBianca murders|Tate murders]] |
| - | *Murder of [[Sharon Tate]] | + | * [[August 15]]–[[August 18|18]] – The [[Woodstock|Woodstock Festival]], featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era. |
| + | * [[July 21]]–[[August 1]] – [[Pan-African Festival]] | ||
| ===Architecture=== | ===Architecture=== | ||
| - | *''[[No-Stop City]]'' (1969) by Archizoom Associati | + | *''[[No-Stop City]]'' by Archizoom Associati |
| - | *''[[The Continuous Monument]]'' (1969 - 1970) by Superstudio | + | *''[[The Continuous Monument]]'' by Superstudio |
| ===Censorship=== | ===Censorship=== | ||
| - | *[[Stonewall]] incident | + | *[[Stonewall riots]] |
| *In Denmark (see [[Sexual revolution in Scandinavia]] and [[Danish experiment]]), a new film censorship law is passed. Film censorship for adults ceases to exist with reference to the principle of freedom of expression. The National Board of Film Censorship must still approve all films publicly shown to children aged under 12 and 16. | *In Denmark (see [[Sexual revolution in Scandinavia]] and [[Danish experiment]]), a new film censorship law is passed. Film censorship for adults ceases to exist with reference to the principle of freedom of expression. The National Board of Film Censorship must still approve all films publicly shown to children aged under 12 and 16. | ||
| *[[Anti-pornography]]: [[Stanley v. Georgia]] | *[[Anti-pornography]]: [[Stanley v. Georgia]] | ||
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| === Film === | === Film === | ||
| - | *''[[The Damned]]'' | + | *''[[The Damned (1969 film)|The Damned]]'' by Luchino Visconti |
| - | *''[[Easy Rider]]'' | + | *''[[Easy Rider]]'' by Dennis Hopper |
| - | *''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' by [[John Schlesinger]] | + | *''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' by John Schlesinger |
| - | *''[[Satyricon (film)|Satyricon]]'' by [[Fellini]] | + | *''[[Fellini Satyricon]]'' by Fellini |
| - | *''[[Women in Love (film)|Women in Love]]'' by [[Ken Russell]] | + | *''[[Women in Love (film)|Women in Love]]'' by Ken Russell |
| - | *''[[A Gentle Woman]]'' by [[Robert Bresson]] | + | *''[[A Gentle Woman]]'' by Robert Bresson |
| - | *''[[Salesman (film)|Salesman]]'' by [[David Maysles]], [[Albert Maysles]] | + | *''[[Salesman (1969 film)|Salesman]]'' by David Maysles, Albert Maysles |
| - | *''[[De Sade (film)|De Sade]]'' by [[Gordon Hessler]], [[Roger Corman]] | + | |
| - | *''[[The Honeymoon Killers]]'' | + | |
| *''[[Nerosubianco]]'' by Tinto Brass | *''[[Nerosubianco]]'' by Tinto Brass | ||
| *''[[Blind Beast]]'' by Yasuzo Masumura | *''[[Blind Beast]]'' by Yasuzo Masumura | ||
| - | *''[[More (film)|More]]'' by Barbet Schroeder | + | *''[[More (1969 film)|More]]'' by Barbet Schroeder |
| *''[[The Wild Bunch]]'' by Sam Peckinpah | *''[[The Wild Bunch]]'' by Sam Peckinpah | ||
| + | *''[[The Cremator]]'' by Juraj Herz | ||
| + | *''[[A Very Curious Girl]]'' by Nelly Kaplan | ||
| + | ==== Guilty pleasures ==== | ||
| - | === Guilty pleasures === | + | *''[[De Sade (film)|De Sade]]'' by Gordon Hessler, Roger Corman |
| - | *''[[Kärlekens språk]]'' | + | *''[[Language of Love]]'' by Torgny Wickman |
| *''[[Zeta One]]'' by Michael Cort | *''[[Zeta One]]'' by Michael Cort | ||
| - | *''[[Kiss Me Monster]]'' [[Jesus Franco]] | + | *''[[Kiss Me Monster]]'' by Jesus Franco |
| - | *''[[Femina Ridens]]'' | + | *''[[The Laughing Woman|Femina Ridens]]'' by Piero Schivazappa |
| - | *''[[The Libertine]]'' | + | |
| - | ===Visual culture=== | + | ===Art=== |
| - | *''[[Chair, Table and Hat Stand]]'' | + | *''[[Following Piece]]'' by Vito Acconci |
| - | *Wohnmodell (1969) - [[Joe Colombo]] ("Visiona" exhibit by Bayer 1969) | + | *''[[Fornicon]]'' by Tomi Ungerer |
| - | *[[No-Stop City]] | + | *''[[A Catalogue of Unfindable Objects]]'' by Jacques Carelman |
| + | *''[[I Am Sitting in a Room]]'' by Alvin Lucier | ||
| + | *''London'' by [[Gian Butturini]] | ||
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| + | ===Design=== | ||
| + | *[[Wohnmodell]] by [[Joe Colombo]] ("Visiona" exhibit by Bayer) | ||
| === Literature === | === Literature === | ||
| ==== Non-fiction==== | ==== Non-fiction==== | ||
| *''[[The Making of a Counter Culture]]'' by Theodore Roszak | *''[[The Making of a Counter Culture]]'' by Theodore Roszak | ||
| - | *''[[Cross the Border — Close the Gap]]'' by Leslie Fiedler | + | *"[[Cross the Border — Close the Gap]]" by Leslie Fiedler published in Playboy |
| *"[[What Is an Author?]]" by Michel Foucault | *"[[What Is an Author?]]" by Michel Foucault | ||
| + | *''[[Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom]]'' by Nik Cohn | ||
| ==== Fiction==== | ==== Fiction==== | ||
| - | *''[[La Disparition]]'' by [[Georges Perec]] | + | *''[[A Void|La Disparition]]'' by Georges Perec |
| - | *''[[Bug Jack Barron]]'' by [[Norman Spinrad]] | + | *''[[Bug Jack Barron]]'' by Norman Spinrad |
| *''[[Naked Came the Stranger]]'' by Ashe | *''[[Naked Came the Stranger]]'' by Ashe | ||
| + | *''[[Slaughterhouse-Five]]'' by Kurt Vonnegut | ||
| === Music === | === Music === | ||
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| **Around 1969 Kingston-based reggae producers started to issue singles with instrumental "versions" on the flipside of vocal releases, which were actually the basic riddim tracks. To these "versions" one could add further instrumentation or deejay accompaniment. Within a year the inclusion of instrumental versions on the flipside was common practice among the majority of Jamaica's producers. | **Around 1969 Kingston-based reggae producers started to issue singles with instrumental "versions" on the flipside of vocal releases, which were actually the basic riddim tracks. To these "versions" one could add further instrumentation or deejay accompaniment. Within a year the inclusion of instrumental versions on the flipside was common practice among the majority of Jamaica's producers. | ||
| *[[Kool & The Gang]] | *[[Kool & The Gang]] | ||
| - | **In 1969, on the basis of their tight live act, they were signed by Gene Redd's then-new [[De-Lite Records]], and their first record, a funky instrumental called "Kool and The Gang," became a substantial hit. | + | **In 1969, on the basis of their tight live act, they were signed by Gene Redd's then-new [[De-Lite Records]], and their first record, a funky instrumental called "[[Kool and the Gang (album) |Kool and The Gang]]," became a substantial hit. |
| *Debuts: [[The Stooges]] | *Debuts: [[The Stooges]] | ||
| **Everything the peace and love vibe of the '60s wasn't the Stooges 1969 debut record was: dangerous, violent, chaotic, mean-spirited, and sex crazed. Iggy Pop's monotone birthday lament, "1969" ("War across the U.S.A. / Another year for me and you / Another year with nothing to do"), pretty much sums up the band's coldly disaffected outlook. --Percy Keegan | **Everything the peace and love vibe of the '60s wasn't the Stooges 1969 debut record was: dangerous, violent, chaotic, mean-spirited, and sex crazed. Iggy Pop's monotone birthday lament, "1969" ("War across the U.S.A. / Another year for me and you / Another year with nothing to do"), pretty much sums up the band's coldly disaffected outlook. --Percy Keegan | ||
| ==== Singles ==== | ==== Singles ==== | ||
| + | *[[Carolina Carol Bela]] by Jorge Ben & Toquinho | ||
| *[[California Soul]] by Marlena Shaw | *[[California Soul]] by Marlena Shaw | ||
| *[[River Man]] by Nick Drake | *[[River Man]] by Nick Drake | ||
| - | *[[Popcorn (instrumental)|Popcorn]] | + | *[[Popcorn (instrumental)|Popcorn]] by Gershon Kingsley |
| - | *[[Honky Tonk Women]] by the Rolling Stones | + | |
| *[[Je t'aime... moi non plus]] by Serge Gainsbourg | *[[Je t'aime... moi non plus]] by Serge Gainsbourg | ||
| - | *[[Going in Circles (song)]] by The Friends of Distinction | + | *[[Going in Circles]] by The Friends of Distinction |
| - | *[[Down by the River]] by Neil Young | + | *[[Down by the River (Neil Young song)|Down by the River]] by Neil Young |
| *[[1969 (song)|1969]] by Iggy and his Stooges | *[[1969 (song)|1969]] by Iggy and his Stooges | ||
| - | *[[Give it Up or Turn it Loose]] by James Brown | + | *[[Give It Up or Turnit a Loose]] by James Brown |
| - | *[[Daydream (song)|Daydream]] by Wallace Collection | + | *[[Daydream (Wallace Collection song)|Daydream]] by Wallace Collection |
| *[[Woman of the Ghetto]] by Marlena Shaw | *[[Woman of the Ghetto]] by Marlena Shaw | ||
| - | *[[69 année érotique]] - Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin | + | *[[69 année érotique]] by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin |
| *[[Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In]] by Galt MacDermot | *[[Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In]] by Galt MacDermot | ||
| - | *[[Let A Woman Be A Woman And A Man Be A Man]] by Dyke & The Blazers | + | *[[Let a Woman Be a Woman, and Let a Man Be a Man]] by Dyke & The Blazers |
| *[[Mathar]] by Dave Pike | *[[Mathar]] by Dave Pike | ||
| - | *[[Is It Because I'm Black]] by Syl Johson | + | *[[Is It Because I'm Black]] by Syl Johnson |
| - | *[[Le Métèque (song)|Le Métèque]] by Moustaki | + | *[[Le Métèque (song)|Le Métèque]] by Georges Moustaki |
| *[[Cuss Cuss]] by Harry J Johnson | *[[Cuss Cuss]] by Harry J Johnson | ||
| *[[Is That All There Is?]] by Peggy Lee | *[[Is That All There Is?]] by Peggy Lee | ||
| + | *[[Message From a Black Man]] by The Temptations | ||
| + | *[[Alfonsina y el mar]] by Mercedes Sosa | ||
| + | *[[Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye]] by Steam | ||
| + | *[[I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (Jim Ford)|I'm Gonna Make You Love Me]] by Jim Ford | ||
| + | *[[Leaving Rome]] by Jo Jo Bennett and Harry Mudie | ||
| ==== Albums ==== | ==== Albums ==== | ||
| - | *''[[Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere]]'' by [[Neil Young]] | + | *''[[Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere]]'' by Neil Young |
| - | *''[[Five Leaves Left]]'' by [[Nick Drake]] | + | *''[[Five Leaves Left]]'' by Nick Drake |
| - | *''[[Cloud Nine]]'' by [[The Temptations]] | + | *''[[Cloud Nine (The Temptations album)|Cloud Nine]]'' by The Temptations |
| - | *''[[Joy of a Toy]]'' by [[Kevin Ayers]] | + | *''[[Joy of a Toy]]'' by Kevin Ayers |
| - | *''[[Led Zeppelin II]]'' by [[Led Zeppelin]] | + | *''[[In the Court of the Crimson King]]'' by King Crimson |
| - | *''[[In The Court Of The Crimson King]]'' by [[King Crimson]] | + | *''[[Kick Out the Jams]]'' by The MC5 |
| - | *''[[Kick Out the Jams]]'' by [[The MC5]] | + | *''[[Karma (Pharoah Sanders album)|Karma]]'' by Pharoah Sanders |
| - | *''[[Karma (Pharoah Sanders album)|Karma]]'' by [[Pharoah Sanders]] | + | *''[[Trout Mask Replica]]'' by Captain Beefheart |
| - | *''[[Trout Mask Replica]]'' by [[Captain Beefheart]] | + | *''[[The Stooges (album)|Stooges]]'' by The Stooges |
| - | *''[[The Stooges (album)|Stooges]]'' by [[The Stooges]] | + | *''[[Unhalfbricking]]'' by Fairport Convention |
| - | *''[[Unhalfbricking]]'' by [[Fairport Convention]]: | + | *''[[Coryell (album)|Coryell]]'' by Larry Coryell |
| + | * ''[[The Upsetter]]'' by The Upsetters | ||
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| ===Television=== | ===Television=== | ||
| - | * [[Monty Python]] first airs on the BBC | + | * [[Monty Python]] first airs on the BBC, first episode is "Whither Canada?" |
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| - | *[[Alain de Botton]] (b. 1969) | + | *[[Alain de Botton]] (1969 - ) |
| - | *[[Dante Tomaselli]] (1969 - ) | + | |
| *[[Carl Craig]] (1969 - ) | *[[Carl Craig]] (1969 - ) | ||
| - | *[[Virginie Despentes]] (1969) | + | *[[Virginie Despentes]] (1969 - ) |
| *[[Spike Jonze]] (1969 - ) | *[[Spike Jonze]] (1969 - ) | ||
| *[[Lukas Moodysson]] (1969 - ) | *[[Lukas Moodysson]] (1969 - ) | ||
| - | + | * [[May 13]] - [[Buckethead|Brian Carroll]] (a.k.a. Buckethead), American guitarist | |
| + | * [[July 20]] - [[Russ Kick]], American writer, editor and publisher (d. 2021) | ||
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| ==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
| *[[Sharon Tate]] (1943 - 1969) | *[[Sharon Tate]] (1943 - 1969) | ||
| + | *[[December 31]] – [[Theodor Reik]], Viennese-born psychoanalyst (b. 1888) | ||
| *[[Theodor Reik]] (1888 - 1969) | *[[Theodor Reik]] (1888 - 1969) | ||
| *[[Theodor Adorno]] (1903 - 1969) | *[[Theodor Adorno]] (1903 - 1969) | ||
| *[[Otto Dix]] (1891 - 1969) | *[[Otto Dix]] (1891 - 1969) | ||
| *[[Josef von Sternberg]] (1894 - 1969) | *[[Josef von Sternberg]] (1894 - 1969) | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *"[[1969 (song)]]" | ||
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"Hundreds of young men went on a rampage in Greenwich Village, shortly after 3 A.M. yesterday after a force of plain-clothes men raided a bar that the police said was well known for its homo-sexual clientele. Thirteen persons were arrested and four policemen injured. The young men threw bricks, bottles, garbage, pennies and a parking meter at the policemen, who had a search warrant authorizing them in investigate reports that liquor was sold illegally at the bar, the Stonewall Inn, 53 Christopher Street, just off Sheridan Square."--New York Times, June 29, 1969 "On July 1, 1969 Denmark became the first country worldwide to legalize pornography for adults. This was called the "Danish experiment" for a while." --Sholem Stein "I did have a good time at Wild in the Streets, which is more than I can say for Petulia or 2001 or a lot of other highly praised pictures. Wild in the Streets is not a work of art, but then I don’t think Petulia or 2001 is either, though Petulia has that kaleidoscopic hip look and 2001 that new-techniques look which combined with “swinging” or “serious” ideas often pass for modern picture art."--"Trash, Art, and the Movies" (1969) by Pauline Kael |
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1969 is the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1960s decade. The year is associated with the first manned landing on the Moon, Easy Rider and Stonewall riots.
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Art and culture
- October – Founding and first issue of Suck
- August 8 – Tate murders
- August 15–18 – The Woodstock Festival, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
- July 21–August 1 – Pan-African Festival
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Architecture
- No-Stop City by Archizoom Associati
- The Continuous Monument by Superstudio
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Censorship
- Stonewall riots
- In Denmark (see Sexual revolution in Scandinavia and Danish experiment), a new film censorship law is passed. Film censorship for adults ceases to exist with reference to the principle of freedom of expression. The National Board of Film Censorship must still approve all films publicly shown to children aged under 12 and 16.
- Anti-pornography: Stanley v. Georgia
- By 1969 nude scenes were becoming far more commonplace in mainstream films. By that time one could see such actors as Deborah Kerr, Elke Sommer, Julie Newmar, Faye Dunaway, Barbara Hershey, Sheree North, Ali MacGraw, Rita Moreno, Shirley Jones, Carroll Baker, Burt Lancaster, and others performing sans wardrobe.
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Film
- The Damned by Luchino Visconti
- Easy Rider by Dennis Hopper
- Midnight Cowboy by John Schlesinger
- Fellini Satyricon by Fellini
- Women in Love by Ken Russell
- A Gentle Woman by Robert Bresson
- Salesman by David Maysles, Albert Maysles
- Nerosubianco by Tinto Brass
- Blind Beast by Yasuzo Masumura
- More by Barbet Schroeder
- The Wild Bunch by Sam Peckinpah
- The Cremator by Juraj Herz
- A Very Curious Girl by Nelly Kaplan
[edit]
Guilty pleasures
- De Sade by Gordon Hessler, Roger Corman
- Language of Love by Torgny Wickman
- Zeta One by Michael Cort
- Kiss Me Monster by Jesus Franco
- Femina Ridens by Piero Schivazappa
[edit]
Art
- Following Piece by Vito Acconci
- Fornicon by Tomi Ungerer
- A Catalogue of Unfindable Objects by Jacques Carelman
- I Am Sitting in a Room by Alvin Lucier
- London by Gian Butturini
[edit]
Design
- Wohnmodell by Joe Colombo ("Visiona" exhibit by Bayer)
[edit]
Literature
[edit]
Non-fiction
- The Making of a Counter Culture by Theodore Roszak
- "Cross the Border — Close the Gap" by Leslie Fiedler published in Playboy
- "What Is an Author?" by Michel Foucault
- Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom by Nik Cohn
[edit]
Fiction
- La Disparition by Georges Perec
- Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad
- Naked Came the Stranger by Ashe
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
[edit]
Music
- Audio editing: recording of Bitches Brew starts
- Versions in reggae
- Around 1969 Kingston-based reggae producers started to issue singles with instrumental "versions" on the flipside of vocal releases, which were actually the basic riddim tracks. To these "versions" one could add further instrumentation or deejay accompaniment. Within a year the inclusion of instrumental versions on the flipside was common practice among the majority of Jamaica's producers.
- Kool & The Gang
- In 1969, on the basis of their tight live act, they were signed by Gene Redd's then-new De-Lite Records, and their first record, a funky instrumental called "Kool and The Gang," became a substantial hit.
- Debuts: The Stooges
- Everything the peace and love vibe of the '60s wasn't the Stooges 1969 debut record was: dangerous, violent, chaotic, mean-spirited, and sex crazed. Iggy Pop's monotone birthday lament, "1969" ("War across the U.S.A. / Another year for me and you / Another year with nothing to do"), pretty much sums up the band's coldly disaffected outlook. --Percy Keegan
[edit]
Singles
- Carolina Carol Bela by Jorge Ben & Toquinho
- California Soul by Marlena Shaw
- River Man by Nick Drake
- Popcorn by Gershon Kingsley
- Je t'aime... moi non plus by Serge Gainsbourg
- Going in Circles by The Friends of Distinction
- Down by the River by Neil Young
- 1969 by Iggy and his Stooges
- Give It Up or Turnit a Loose by James Brown
- Daydream by Wallace Collection
- Woman of the Ghetto by Marlena Shaw
- 69 année érotique by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin
- Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In by Galt MacDermot
- Let a Woman Be a Woman, and Let a Man Be a Man by Dyke & The Blazers
- Mathar by Dave Pike
- Is It Because I'm Black by Syl Johnson
- Le Métèque by Georges Moustaki
- Cuss Cuss by Harry J Johnson
- Is That All There Is? by Peggy Lee
- Message From a Black Man by The Temptations
- Alfonsina y el mar by Mercedes Sosa
- Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by Steam
- I'm Gonna Make You Love Me by Jim Ford
- Leaving Rome by Jo Jo Bennett and Harry Mudie
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Albums
- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young
- Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake
- Cloud Nine by The Temptations
- Joy of a Toy by Kevin Ayers
- In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson
- Kick Out the Jams by The MC5
- Karma by Pharoah Sanders
- Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart
- Stooges by The Stooges
- Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention
- Coryell by Larry Coryell
- The Upsetter by The Upsetters
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Television
- Monty Python first airs on the BBC, first episode is "Whither Canada?"
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Births
- Alain de Botton (1969 - )
- Carl Craig (1969 - )
- Virginie Despentes (1969 - )
- Spike Jonze (1969 - )
- Lukas Moodysson (1969 - )
- May 13 - Brian Carroll (a.k.a. Buckethead), American guitarist
- July 20 - Russ Kick, American writer, editor and publisher (d. 2021)
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Deaths
- Sharon Tate (1943 - 1969)
- December 31 – Theodor Reik, Viennese-born psychoanalyst (b. 1888)
- Theodor Reik (1888 - 1969)
- Theodor Adorno (1903 - 1969)
- Otto Dix (1891 - 1969)
- Josef von Sternberg (1894 - 1969)
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See also
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